Hello!
Elizabeth Ortiz, MD
I'm a double board-certified rheumatologist with 18 years of experience treating the full spectrum of autoimmune, inflammatory, and musculoskeletal conditions — from the everyday to the rare. I've practiced in just about every setting imaginable: large academic medical centers, public county hospitals, concierge private practice, telemedicine, and house calls.These days, I split my time between traveling as a locum tenens rheumatologist to clinics around the country (more on that below) and working at the intersection of rheumatology and health technology.
Locum Tenens
(Traveling Rheumatologist)
Rheumatologists are hard to come by. When a clinic loses one, patients can be left waiting months — too long if you have an autoimmune condition. That's where I come in. I travel to clinics around the country to keep things moving while a permanent physician is found, so patients don't have to wait.
Outside the clinic
Rheumatology is one of the most complex fields in medicine, creating multiple opportunities both in and out of the clinic.
Patient Education
The Connected Rheumatology YouTube Channel
Patients often arrive at appointments armed with incomplete or conflicting information gathered from well-meaning friends, family, and the internet.With over 100,000 subscribers and 8 million views, the Connected Rheumatology YouTube channel offers trustworthy and practical information on autoimmune and rheumatologic conditions — explained in plain language.
Health Technology
Building better care
The US healthcare system presents no shortage of opportunities for meaningful improvement — from small, in-clinic efficiencies to large-scale, paradigm-shifting solutions.I enjoy bringing my clinical and digital health experience to teams tackling the problems our system faces, particularly in the autoimmune space.
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Philosophy
The immune system is always responding — to what we eat, how we sleep, the stress we're under, the connections we have.Honoring that, alongside the very real limits of what we still don't know about autoimmunity, is at the heart of how I approach care.
